State Highway Commission v. Vaughan

This is a condemnation action by the State Highway Commission involving a 14 acre tract of land located within the city limits of Bozeman. Following a jury trial in the district court of the eighteenth judicial district before the Hon. W. W. Lessley, district judge, judgment was entered awarding the property owners $51,515 for their property. From this judgment and denial of their motion for a new trial, the property owners appeal.

Plaintiff in this action is the State of Montana, acting through the State Highway Commission. It seeks to acquire the land in question for highway purposes,…